Caney — ObnervnUotis on the Staph filiuidat, I'T) 



(owiinl biiMo; punrlmoH lulnulo iiiitl nillior .spiUHC llnouKhoui, tho 

 puboHioiico inciniHplcnotiH, loiiKor on t,ho iiltiloincn; liotul i\m lone rh 

 wido, vory foobly liuproHsod iit. ll>o inldtUo of Iho oorlpnl, pnnilhM nl. llio 

 nl(U«H, Iho liiiHiil luiiiloMbfoiully rouinlml, tho oyoH ralhor Niuiill ; i\nl<MU>i\o 

 Hlcmlcr lowiiid baso, Hoiiunvluil, rapidly ttu-rasMsilo illHttilly, tlio Hubaplnil 

 jolnlH iliHlliicMy wldtM- Mum lonj;; prollionix (Mpial In wbH.li to U\o 

 lioiul.ft (IflJi oiMixlh wl<b>rtluni lon«, wli>«'Hl, iil, i>l)(»nl, nplnil (lilnl. wlioro 

 Iho NldoM aro i(>nn(l<'<l and niod«Miil.oly pninilnrnl. thonro dlnHn«M.ly 

 ronvoi-j^lnji and Homovvhal. Hlnnal.ti to Iho banal an>;b>Pi, lln< Hnrfaro wM.li 

 a snuill and fooblo MaiiHVtM-.st' InipiivsNion boloro lUc Hrnl.ollnni ; olylra 

 IranHvorso, l,wo-lUU>« widor llian (.l\r piol.horax Ind only HllKblly 

 lonjror, M»n luinuM-l widoly oxposrd al. bas«, abdonuni paiallrl wMli 

 «wt'nly aioual.o sldoM, at, llio mlddlo diHtinctly wider than tho olytra, Iho 

 thrcr basal IniproHNloiiH rqnal. narrow, deep atul wh(»lly iinpnnrtato. 



liongth l.'Jnnn.: width O.Cr. nnn. Klorlda noiidaiiH n. Mp. 



Abdonnui al «^vory point dlstlncVly narrowof than the olylra, parallol, with 



tho flIdoH Htral^hl or nearly ho ^ 



(J — Forni rdlhrr Hl,ont, nn)doraloly ronvox, highly pollHliod, (loop blaok 

 thronnhont, tho antonnao ploo«)nM-l)la(U, tho Io^h |>alor, piooo-toHlaooonrt , 

 puno.turoH througliont oxtronudy ndnuto and not (<Iomo H<»t, tlio voni,ll.uro 

 Hhort, lino and lnronHi)l<MiouM; hoad niodorato, (Inoly, vory foobly lin- 

 proHHod alonj; tho nuMllan lino, whom tho pnnotnlatlon ftlm> boromos 

 HnbobHoloto; Hoo.ond and third antonnal jolnl.H otpially (donnalo ; nock 

 two-thlrdM aH wido; i)rothorax bnroly porcoi)tlbly wIdor than tho hoad 

 transvorwo, noarly two llftlis wldor than lonu, of Iho nNual form, tho 

 iilnd anKl<\4 obtUMo lint ind, In Iho loiiHt ronndoil, tho nnrfaco broadly, 

 ovoniy oonv<>x, only pnnctnlato towiuil til<^ ndddlo and alon^ llio baM«s 

 olHowhoro linpnno.tato, tho two (i|)proxlinato iniproHMod fovoao boforo 

 tho Hcutolluni dlHtlncl, othorwlHo wholly nnlinproHHod ; olytniMomowinit, 

 loHH than ono-hair wldor and lon^or tlnin tho prolhorax, Iniproasod on 

 tho Hutnro boldnd tho Houtollnni aH nMual; abdonion HparHoly punotnlato, 

 with thloli bordor ami convox tornltoH, tho banal IniproHHlonH wholly 

 lmpnmt!U,(^ and pollMhod, oxcoptlnn ii Hparno HorloH of oxironndy obMoloto 

 p\initiir«u( alon« tho biiHal olovalioiiM; Io^;m modoriitoly nhort, tho hind 

 tiuHl fully two-thlrdH an lon^ iih tho tibliio, tho biiHal jidntnliort, tho (IrMt 

 throo docroaHlnti; nnlforndy In loiiKth. lion^th 2.i nun.; wblth 0.7 mm. 



MlHHonrl (Kt. LoniH), (J. W. Hook hocUliiiiu n. np. 



Form modoraloly Htout, Homowhat do|»roHHod,alntao«onM In luntro, thopiinr. 

 turoH mlnnto and vciry oloHo-Hid, throuuhont, dooj* black thnMmhont tho 

 body and aid.onnao; lo^H bbu^klMJi, tho tarMl toHtao,oouH;|pnboHr,ono.o vory 

 Hhort, InoonHplcnonH; hoad nn)d<(ral<i, o.onvox, vory (Inoly, foobly lin- 

 l»roHHod iilonj:; tho modbin llmi only for a Hhort dlHtanoo at tho ndddlo 

 of tho vortox; iinlonniio fully iittalnlni!; bamil third of tlo' olytra, tho 

 Hooond Joint ratlwu- lonjror tliiui tho third and inoro cylindrical mm UMual; 

 baHal conHtrlctlon abrupt, tho nock nearly throo-fonrthft an wide; pro- 

 lhorax unuHually HJiort, much wldor than tho IioikI, nearly ono-lialf 

 wldor tiuin lon(jj, tho .sldoH nearly Mtralnht and Huliparallel, rounded 

 nntorlorly, the baHal anKloM obtuHo and not ronmhHl, tho baHo ar<-.uato ; 

 Hurfaco In-oadly lmpr<iHHod alonn tho nddillo In morn than baHal half, 

 tho trariHvorHo iinto-biiHal ImpreMHlon fe«ible, with ItH two fovono dirt- 



